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Medical Terminology
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Aden | Gland |
| Angi | Vessel |
| Bacter | Bacteria |
| Carcin | Cancer |
| Cardi | Heart |
| Cholecyst | Gallbladder |
| Cost | Ribs |
| Cyan | Blue |
| Cyt | Cell |
| Dermat | Skin |
| Encephal | Brain |
| Erythrocyt | Red Cell |
| Gastr | Stomach |
| Gynec | Woman |
| Hem | Blood |
| Hepat | Liver |
| Hist | Tissue |
| Kinesi | Movement |
| Lapar | Abdominal Wall |
| Leukocyt | White Cell |
| Lymph | Lymph vessels/fluid |
| Mamm | Breast |
| Melan | Black |
| Mast | Breast |
| My | Muscle |
| Nephr | Kidney |
| Neur | Nerve or neuron |
| Onc | Tumor or mass |
| Opthalm | Eye |
| Or | Mouth |
| Oste | Bone |
| Ovari | Ovary |
| Pancreat | Pancreas |
| Phleb | Vein |
| Proct | Rectum |
| Pulmon | Lung |
| Py | Pus |
| Rhin | Nose |
| Splen | Spleen |
| Stern | Sternum or breast bone |
| Tendin | Tendon |
| Thorac | Chest wall |
| Tox | Poison |
| Viscer | Organ |
| A/an | Without or lack of |
| Ab | Away from |
| Acro | Extremity |
| Ad | Toward |
| Brady | Slow |
| Contra | Against |
| Di | Two |
| Dia | Through |
| Dys | Difficult or painful |
| Ecto | Outside |
| Endo | Within |
| Epi | Upon or over |
| Eu | Good or easy |
| Hemi | Half |
| Hyper | Over or above |
| Under or below | |
| Inter | Between |
| Intra | Within |
| Macro | Large |
| Micro | Small |
| Mono | One |
| Multi | Many |
| Peri | Around |
| Super | Many or much |
| Tachy | Fast or rapid |
| Al | Pertaining to |
| Algesia | Pain |
| Centesis | Surgical puncture |
| Crine | To secrete |
| Dipsia | Thirst |
| Dynia | Pain |
| Ectomy | Removal of |
| Emesis | Vomit |
| Emia | Blood condition |
| Esthesia | Feeling or sensation |
| Gram | A writing or record |
| Graph | Instrument used for recording |
| Graphy | Process of recording |
| Ism | Condition or state of beign |
| One who specializes | |
| Itis | Inflammation |
| Lysis | Destroy |
| Enlargement | |
| Meter | Instrument for measuring |
| Metry | Act o measuring |
| Oid | Resemble |
| Ology | Study of |
| Oma | Tumor |
| Opia | Vision |
| Osis | Abnormal condition of |
| Pathy | Disease |
| Penia | Lack of |
| Phagia | Eating or swallowing |
| Speech | |
| Phobia | Fear |
| Phonia | Voice |
| Plast | Surgical repair |
| Plegia | Paralysis |
| Scope | Instrument to view or examine |
| Scopy | Visual examination |
| Involuntary contraction | |
| Stasis | Control or stop |
| Stenosis | Construction or narrowing |
| Therapy | Treatment |
| Tomy | Incision or cut into |
| Toxic | Poison |
| Trophy | Development |
| Tension | Pressure |
| Uria | Urine |
| Pneumo | Lungs |
| Hypo | |
| Phasia | |
| Spasm | |
| Thromb | Clot |